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Monday, March 24, 2014

Short Takes

In a piece for Guernica, Glenn T. Eskew, author of JOHNNY MERCER, discusses how "[m]usic offers just another reflection of the cultural hybridity of the South's multiracial population." The March 15 issue that features Eskew's article focuses on the American South is available now.

In an interview for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's NewPublicHealth, Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, author of BREAKING GROUND, answers questions about the history and future of improving the nation's health.

NPH: What other health issues still need keen attention to make us a healthier nation?

Sullivan: Disparities in health status between the white
population on the one hand and the nation’s minority populations on the
other. That is really quite striking and we have made only minimal
progress. Life expectancy of African Americans is some five-to-seven
years shorter than white Americans. Similar, though not as dramatic,
disparities are in the Latino population, the American Indian population
and the Native American population.

We have increased the awareness of these health disparities, and
there is a lot of research that has started to get at more of the
factors that cause these disparities and actual ways to help address
them. We are still early on there, so that really is a challenge for
today and really I think for the next two or three decades. It is
critical to achieve because it will make a tremendous difference not
only in the lives our nation’s minority and poor populations, but also
make a significant difference for all Americans because we will have a
stronger, healthier, more productive population. That will have economic
benefits as well. So this is a major challenge for the nation.

Michele Gillespie, co-editor of NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN was interviewed by the North Carolina Museum of History. The interview is available here (scroll down to NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN) or through the Apple iTunes Store at: iTunesU\NC Department of Public Instruction and Partners\Bits of History.

On April 30, John Casteen will be reading poems from his books FREE UNION and FOR THE MOUNTAIN LAUREL at the Poetry Society of New York Ear Inn Series. The event is free and will be from 8:00pm-11:00pm at the Ear Inn on Spring Street in New York. More information can be found here.

Don't forget: the Loraine Williams Horizon Award for Manuscripts on Georgia History, Culture, and Letters is still accepting submissions. You have until April 30 to enter. Winners will receive a cash prize and a possible publishing contract with UGA Press. More details are available here.